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Text 1 What would you do with$590m?This

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问题 Text 1 What would you do with$590m?This is now a question for Gloria Mackenzie,an 84yearold widow who recently emerged from her small,tinroofed house in Florida to collect the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in history.If she hopes her newfound fortune will yield lasting feelings of fulfillment,she could do worse than read Happy Money by Elizabeth Dumn and Michael Norton.These two academics use an array of behavioral research to show that the most rewarding ways to spend money can be counterintuitive.Fantasies of great wealth often involve visions of fancy cars and extravagant homes.Yet satisfaction with these material purchases wears off fairly quickly.What was once exciting and new becomes oldhat;regret creeps in.It is far better to spend money on experiences,say Ms.Dumn and Mr.Norton,like interesting trips,unique meals or even going to the cinema.These purchases often become more valuable with time—as stories or memories—particularly if they involve feeling more connected to others.This slim volume is packed with tips to help wage slaves as well as lottery winners get the most“happiness bang for your buck.”It seems most people would be better off if they could shorten their commutes to work,spend more time with friends and family and less of it watching television（something the average American spends a whopping two months a year doing,and is hardly jollier for it）.Buying gifts or giving to charity is often more pleasurable than purchasing things for oneself,and luxuries are most enjoyable when they are consumed sparingly.This is apparently the reason MacDonald's restricts the availability of its popular McRib—a marketing trick that has turned the pork sandwich into an object of obsession.Readers of Happy Money are clearly a privileged lot,anxious about fulfillment,not hunger.Money may not quite buy happiness,but people in wealthier countries are generally happier than those in poor ones.Yet the link between feeling good and spending money on others can be seen among rich and poor people around the world,and scarcity enhances the pleasure of most things for most people.Not everyone will agree with the authors’policy ideas,which range from mandating more holiday time to reducing tax incentives for American homebuyers.But most people will come away from this book believing it was money well spent.The author's attitude toward Americans’watching TV is——A.criticalB.supportiveC.sympatheticD.ambiguous
选项 A.critical
B.supportive
C.sympathetic
D.ambiguous
答案 A
解析 态度题【命题思路】本题考查的是作者对局部事例的态度。【直击答案】根据题干可以回文定位到第三段第二句话It seems most people would be better off if they could shorten their commutes to work,spend more time with friends and family and less of it watching television。这句话表明如果大多数人能够少花点时间看电视，他们会过得更好一点。由此可以得出作者对美国人看电视持否定的态度，因而答案为A项“批评的”。【干扰排除】第三段对看电视这件事情持否定态度，因而B项“支持的”、C项“同情的”为表达肯定态度的形容词，因此排除。作者态度并非模糊不清，而是直接表达了对看电视是不认同的，因此D项不正确。
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